Spacing

• Jan 18, 2022
• 2 minutes to read

The Spacing page contains options which allow you to add or omit whitespace symbols around the following code elements:

• Arithmetic Expression

• Relational Expression

• Bitwise Expression

• Logical Expression

• Unary Expression

  • Space before a postfix unary operator
  • Space after a prefix unary operator

• Ternary Expression

  • Space before a question mark
  • Space after a question mark
  • Space before a colon
  • Space after a colon

• Assignment Expression

  • Spaces around an operator

• Expression

  • Space before parentheses
  • Spaces within parentheses

• Statement

  • Space before parentheses
  • Spaces within parentheses
  • Space before a semicolon
  • Space before semicolons in ‘for’ loops
  • Space after semicolons in ‘for’ loops
  • Space before a colon in ‘case’ expressions

• Arguments

  • Space before parentheses
  • Spaces within parentheses
  • Space within empty parentheses
  • Space before a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma)
  • Space before a colon in a named parameter
  • Space after a colon in a named parameter

• Parameters

  • Space before parentheses
  • Spaces within parentheses
  • Space within empty parentheses
  • Space before a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma)

• Initializer

  • Spaces within braces
  • Space before a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma)

• Lambda Expression

  • Spaces around an arrow

• Expression Body

  • Spaces around an arrow

• Type Parameters

  • Space before angle brackets
  • Spaces within angle brackets
  • Space before a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma)
  • Space before a colon
  • Space after a colon

• Type Arguments

  • Space before angle brackets
  • Spaces within angle brackets
  • Space before a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma)
  • Space after a separator (comma) when type arguments are omitted

• Attributes

  • Space before a colon in target specifier
  • Space after a colon in target specifier
  • Spaces within brackets

• Null Coalescing Expression

  • Spaces around an operator

• Base List

  • Space before a colon
  • Space after a colon
  • Space before a comma
  • Space after a comma

• Constructor Initializer

  • Space before a colon
  • Space after a colon

• Comment

  • Single line comments should begin with a single space

The image below shows settings applied to an Expression.